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Our guest today is Johann Kurtz. Mr. Kurtz is a legacy adviser and succession strategist, helping individuals and families arrange their affairs towards lasting good. His Substack, Becoming Noble, covers philosophy, theology, and history and is a bestseller read by tens of thousands each week. We highly recommend his book, Leaving a Legacy: Inheritance, Charity, & Thousand-Year Families. In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy talk with Johann Kurtz about what power women may have in handing a rich heritage down to their children. You're going to love this conversation! *** Our fall mentorship is starting NOW inside the Scholé Sistership. This year's mentorship is a little different from past years. We've created a whole Scholé Every Day course that you will LOVE! Think of it as a companion to our book that digs into all the practical questions you have had. We're also leading you through one of our favorite books, The Intellectual Life by AG Sertillanges. Come and study with us! Go to scholesisters.com/join and select the Sophie plan. *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss180 Buy our book: https://amzn.to/4yg00zr Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the vice of pusillanimity (and remind each other how you say it). Are we being held back (or holding our children back) due to a false humility or fear? Let's talk about it! You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Register now at scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss180 Buy our book: https://amzn.to/4yg00zr Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Our guest today is Mystie's eldest son, Hans Winckler! Hans is a father of two, has been married to his wife Faith for 3 years, and works in real estate sales ... all in spite of being a college dropout. In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy talk with Hans about adult life without a bachelor's degree. Is it possible to be successful in life without one? You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Register now at scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss179 Buy our book: https://amzn.to/4yg00zr Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy talk straight about diversity. We are told again and again that diversity is our strength, but what if diversity is actually undermining the success of your co-op? You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is still open for our annual fall retreat! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Register now at scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss178 Buy our book: https://amzn.to/4yg00zr Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Our special guest today is someone whose name you may know: Hayley Beck. Hayley was born and raised in Australia, and has been married to her husband, Randy, for 28 years. They lived in California for the first 23 years of their marriage. She and Brandy became real life friends back in 2012 when Hayley attended Brandy's Charlotte Mason book club. These days, the Becks live in Montana with their 7 children. Hayley has been the administrative assistant for Scholé Sisters for, well, we don't know how long exactly, but since at least 2018. In today's episode, Abby and Brandy sit down with Hayley to discuss group retreats, why we encourage them so much, and how sometimes you have to just do it. You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is now open for our annual fall retreat at Early Bird prices! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Early bird pricing ends of August 17 so register now http://scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss177 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy introduce the new virtue series of retreats, why we're doing it, and why we're beginning with the virtue of prudence. We also explain why the annual retreat is so awesome! You're going to love this conversation! *** Registration is now open for our annual fall retreat at Early Bird prices! Come and join us for the first installment of our new virtue series. We will be talking all about the virtue of PRUDENCE. Early bird pricing ends of August 17 so register now http://scholesisters.com/prudence . *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss176 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Our special guest today is the one and only Cindy Rollins! Cindy homeschooled her nine children for over 30 years using Charlotte Mason's timeless ideas from the beginning. She is the author of Mere Motherhood: Morning Time, Nursery Rhymes, and My Journey Toward Sanctification and others, including Morning Time: A Liturgy of Love and her latest Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too.  She hosts The New Mason Jar Podcast and runs an active discipleship group at patreon.com/cindyrollins. Her heart's desire is to encourage moms. She lives in her mostly empty nest in the Lexington, Ky area with her husband Tim. She loves interacting with her 18 grandchildren. In addition to a social media presence on both Facebook and Instagram, you can find Cindy and her newsletter, Over the Back Fence, at her website: https://morningtimeformoms.com/ In today's episode, the Scholé Sisters talk with Cindy Rollins about artificial intelligence, its dangers and how to avoid them, and also how to interact with it prudently.  You're going to love this conversation! *** It's just about time for our annual Scholé Sisters Summer Swag!!! This year is an especially good year. If you are a Sophie-level member of the Sistership continuously throughout all the summer months, you will receive a Scholé Sisters book bag! Make sure you get yours by becoming a member at scholesisters.com/join. *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss175 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Today's episode is a conversation about machine culture a la Paul Kingsnorth's book Against the Machine, but we managed to tie it to government funded homeschooling and online learning. It was a wild ride. You're going to love this conversation! *** John Muir Laws — artist, author, and nature enthusiast — is teaching our Spring Training Sessions this year. Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age. The first session was this week and it was AMAZING. You can get the replay and then join us live for Session 2 on May 12th. Come and develop some skills that will help you forge a deeper connection with creation. Go register now at scholesisters.com/nature  *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss174 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

In today's episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the importance of independent thought (versus depending on gurus, for example). You're going to love this conversation! *** John Muir Laws — artist, author, and nature enthusiast — is teaching the Scholé Sisters Spring Training Sessions this year. Come join us and embrace the practice of nature notebooks for every age. Session 1 is on May 5th at 12:30 pm Pacific and will cover nature notebooks with children. Session 2 is the next week on May 12th at the same time and will cover nature notebooks for teens and adults. Come and develop some skills that will help you forge a deeper connection with creation. Go register now: scholesisters.com/nature *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss173 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Today's guest is Dr. Ben Merkle! Dr. Merkle is the President of New Saint Andrew's College. He has served as a minister at Christ Church, Moscow and also a part-time campus minister with Collegiate Reformed Fellowship, a campus ministry of Christ Church. Dr. Merkle is the author of The White Horse King: The Life of Alfred the Great. Mystie and Brandy decided they need to ask Dr. Merkle whether New Saint Andrew's College is hard on purpose and whether that counterintuitively provides a lot of motivation for young men (and develops initiative). You're going to love this conversation! *** The Sistership's annual Spring Training Sessions are coming up soon, which means now is the time to upgrade your membership from the free level to the Sophie level. This year's coach is none other than John Muir Laws who will be talking with us about all things nature study and nature journalling. It's going to be amazing. Spring Training can be bought separately, but more importantly (and more affordably!) it is included as part of our Sophie membership level. Just go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up! *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss172 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Today's episode is a continuation of our ongoing conversation about vices – about the seven deadly sins. We're using the chapter of Rebecca Deyoung's book Glittering Vices to discuss ENVY. You're going to love this conversation! *** Have you bought the Scholé Sisters' new book, Scholé Every Day yet? It is getting great reviews. If you are trying to get a book club off the ground, make this book your first reading assignment because convincing moms that it's okay to read — that they should be reading and thinking — is a large part of what the book does. Scholé Every Day will help cultivate the passion for reading that you want to see in your book club members. Go here to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Scholé-Every-Day-How-Thinking/dp/B0FRHPS3R5/ *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss171 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Today, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss the essay "Saturation Love" by Jim Wilson. And yes! They remembered to discuss the tough questions that naturally arise when reading the essay. You're going to love this conversation! *** Have you bought the Scholé Sisters' new book, Scholé Every Day yet? It is getting great reviews. If you are trying to get a book club off the ground, make this book your first reading assignment because convincing moms that it's okay to read — that they should be reading and thinking — is a large part of what the book does. Scholé Every Day will help cultivate the passion for reading that you want to see in your book club members. Go here to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Scholé-Every-Day-How-Thinking/dp/B0FRHPS3R5/ *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss170 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill! Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and The Read-Aloud Family. She's the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, which has been downloaded 16 million times in more than 167 countries. She makes her home in the Northwest with her family, where she reads, homeschools, and runs Waxwing Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to making timeless read-alouds. Pam is an award-winning educator and homeschooling mom who has helped thousands of families simplify their homeschool without sacrificing relationships. She is the author of Better Together: Strengthen Your Family, Simplify Your Homeschool, and Savor the Subjects that Matter Most and Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace. You may remember her from her many years cohosting this very podcast! You may have surmised from today's lineup that this is the 10th anniversary episode you've been waiting for! Pam and Sarah are here to reminisce with us and share with you the scoop on how Scholé Sisters came into being in the first place. You're going to love this conversation! *** We encourage you to go and join the free area of our Sistership community where you can discuss ideas with your friends just like we were doing over a decade ago. Just go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up! *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss169 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Welcome back! Today is the beginning of our spring season and we're kicking off with a discussion on being behind – how do we know if our child is behind? Some say being behind isn't even a thing! And is it important to have standards? Can't my child just develop at his own pace? You're going to love this conversation! *** It's our birthday and we're giving you presents! Come join us in the Scholé Sistership ASAP because we have a giveaway every day of the week leading up to our 10th anniversary episode. You could win sticker packs, Scholé Sisters T-shirts — even a copy of the most-mentioned book from all of our episodes so far. The Scholé Sisters podcast began in February of 2016 and we think 10 years is a pretty big accomplishment. Come and celebrate with us! Just go to https://www.scholesisters.com/join and sign up. *** Go here to access today's show notes: https://www.scholesisters.com/ss168 Go here to join the FREE area of the Sistership: https://www.scholesisters.com/sistership/

Today's episode is what you've been waiting for. That's right! It's our annual Christmas episode. This time, we used a different approach, talking through aspects of Christmas and celebration using Aristotle's Four Causes. You're going to love this conversation! *** Our new book — Scholé Every Day — is now out and available! If you want to help us promote it, head on over to Amazon and buy it ASAP — early sales are important on Amazon! Also, leaving a positive review is always appreciated. If you want to discuss the book, head over to the Sistership – just go to scholesisters.com/join and start a conversation thread. *** Click here to access today's show notes. Click here to join the FREE area of the Sistership.